Is there an open source php seat booking software application on the web?

Since asking this question I have done some research and found that the most ideal application is osConcert from cartZone UK.

There is a variety of solutions , from a Visual Theatre Seat Reservation to a General Admission straight shopping cart style. There’s even a basic SINGLE version you can download and try.

I can see there’s a version for a single show osConcert SINGLE and a version for multiple shows if you want to manage several concurrent events, each event will have a visual venue plan to see exactly which seats are available and which seats have been reserved.

The osConcert GA is an application that can show your events as products in a category, great if you don’t really need the visual versions.

The best thing about osConcert I think is the E-Ticket facility, there’s a 128 bar coded printable PDF module that creates tickets from your order for your customers to print themselves and take to the concert. That must be a money saver for a ticket seller online?

I tried the free download and found it very simple to install and very easy to manage a show. If were to pay for my venue seating plan I think I could manage ticket selling easy because this is like an automatic tool the orders come in and the seats get reserved. If you didnt use the payment system then you could follow up the reservations and ask for payment. When you get payment then simply update the order to ‘Delivered’ and the customer gets access to the E-Ticket or you send them your own pro-tickets.

All in all osConcert is a good package for small to medium ticket selling business. The fact that it is open source is also a great benefit because the default design is so basic. There is a template section but it is best to edit the existing template and it looks easy to do…much easier than osCommerce ever was!

Thumbs up for osConcert